The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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James Lawton
EDUCATION
1976 BS Constructive Design, Ceramics and Enamels, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1980 MFA Ceramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1983-1985Resident Craftsman, Penland School, Penland, North Carolina
1996, 2002Artist-in-Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, North Edgecomb, Maine
2005Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1988-1998 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1998—University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
BIOGRAPHY
James Lawton is a ceramist who works with porcelain and earthenware to create vessels and wall based works. He is known for his forms that are drawn from the alphabet or his own handwriting. The images that appear on his pieces can range from furniture, domestic objects, and clothing to calligraphic marks and letters.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Yixing Museum, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, China
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
__________ The Eccentric Teapot. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1989.
__________American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1988.
Dietz, Ulysses Grant. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy. Madison WI: Guild Publishing, 2003.
Del Vecchio, Mark. Post Modern Ceramics. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2001.Lark Books.
The Penland Book of Ceramics: Master Classes in Ceramic Techniques. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2003.
Dormer, Peter. The New Ceramics: Trends & Traditions. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 1991.
Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Los Angeles, CA:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Rizzoli International, 2000.
Lawton, James. “Terra Sigillata: My Way.” The Studio Potter 26 (1997).
_____________”A Glazer’s Memoir.” The Studio Potter 24 no. 1 (1995).
Peterson, Susan. Contemporary Ceramics. Watson-Guptill, 2000.
_____________The Craft and Art of Clay. New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1991.
Shepley, Carol. “Ceramics: Parallels, Diversity.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 26, 1993.
Zakin, Richard. Ceramics: Ways of Creation. Iola, WI: Krause Publishers, 1999.
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Source: Artist
WEBSITE(S):
http://oysterstreetpottery.com/
Artist's Studio: Oyster Street Pottery
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 25, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/lawton
